ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑΝ, φιλοσοφιαν
PHILOSOPHIAN, philosophian
Sounds Like: fee-loh-so-FEE-an
Translations: philosophy, a philosophy
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the love of wisdom or the pursuit of knowledge, especially concerning fundamental truths about existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'σοφία' (sophia), meaning 'wisdom'. In Koine Greek, it can refer to both the general pursuit of wisdom and specific philosophical systems or schools of thought.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5385 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- 4 Maccabees — 5:22
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 1:9
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 5:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑ — philosophy, a philosophy
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑΙ — philosophies, a philosophy, philosophy
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΑΣ — of philosophy, of a philosophy
- ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΩΝ — of philosophy, of a philosophy
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